They also carry wide uncertainty, because the WHO model estimates prevalence for survey-sparse countries by borrowing from similar neighbours, so a number like Ghana's is an informed estimate, not a precise count
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In countries of Africa where smoking is not prevalent they see the potential of increasing smoking rate and in case of countries like China where smoking remains prevalent they would like to maintain the smoking rate, Frieden said
Another review found that most studies observed a decrease in the prevalence of smoking after the pandemic compared to before, although some studies did report an increase 8